The author of this book, Ernst A. Lehmann, was close to the
Zeppelin story from its early days and had great faith in the ever
increasing success of the Zeppelin on international routes. It is
sadly ironic that this talented man and strong advocate of the
Zeppelin should die in Hindenburg disaster shortly after he had
produced the draft for this book. He died following the fire that
destroyed the Hindenburg on 6 May 1937; he survived the fire itself
but was badly burned and died the following day. Lehmann was a
Zeppelin commander during the First World War bombing England on
numerous occasions, and even met some of the supreme German
commanders such as General Erich Ludendorff. He was well acquainted
with Count Zeppelin and all of the designers and management of the
Zeppelin Company. After the war he worked for the Zeppelin Company
under Hugo Eckener, who took over the management following Count
Zeppelin's death in 1917. Lehmann was closely involved in the
voyages of the Graf Zeppelin, including the famous round the world
voyage, and pioneered services to the Unites States and the regular
service to South America.Lehmann makes his Nazi sympathies quite
clear, but tactfully does not touch upon his differences with Hugo
Eckener regarding the use of the airships for Nazi
electioneering-for Eckener was strongly against it. Nor does he
touch upon Goring's manoeuvring which broke up the Zeppelin
Company, thereby leaving Eckener as an outsider. He believes in the
superiority of German engineering and beyond that the superiority
of everything German.Lehmann served as commanding officer on more
than 100 of the flights of the Graf Zeppelin between 1928 and 1936.
In 1935, when Hermann Goring created the Deutsche Zeppelin Reederei
to increase Nazi influence over Zeppelin operations, Captain
Lehmann was named director of the new airline. In 1936, he
commanded 10 round-trip flights to Lakehurst on the new
Hindenburg.The text is well-written, approachable, and provides a
comprehensive account of the Zeppelin story until the 1937 disaster
which cost the author his life.
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